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<h1>Negative Verb Practice Exercises</h1>

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<h2 id="part1">Vocabulary used in this section</h2>
This is the same list of verbs from the <a href="verbs_ex.html#part1">previous practice exercise.</a> We will use the same verbs
from the last exercise to practice conjugating to the negative tense.
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<span class="summary">Kanji</span>
<br />I have listed the kanji you will need for the vocabulary for your convenience. The link will take you to a diagram of the stroke order.
However, it doesn't clearly show the direction (though you can kind of tell by the animation) so you should check with a kanji dictionary if you're not sure.
I recommend practicing the kanji in the context of real words (such as the ones below).
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<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?2544_%B8%AB">見</a> - see</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?3551_%CD%E8">来</a> - come; next</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?0212_%B9%D4">行</a> - go; conduct</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?0130_%B5%A2">帰</a> - go home</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?2075_%BF%A9">食</a> - eat; food</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?1692_%B0%FB">飲</a> - drink</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?2598_%C7%E3">買</a> - buy</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?2196_%C7%E4">売</a> - sell</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?0374_%BB%FD">持</a> - hold</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?0364_%C2%D4">待</a> - wait</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?1541_%C6%C9">読</a> - read</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?2416_%CA%E2">歩</a> - walk</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?2194_%C1%F6">走</a> - run</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwhalsod.cgi?3142_%CD%B7">遊</a> - play</li>
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<br />Here is a list of some common verbs you will definitely want to learn at some point.
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<li>する - to do</li>
<li>しゃべる - to talk; to chat</li>
<li>見る【みる】 - to see</li>
<li>来る【くる】 - to come</li>
<li>行く【いく】 - to go</li>
<li>帰る 【かえる】 - to go home</li>
<li>食べる 【たべる】 - to eat</li>
<li>飲む 【のむ】 - to drink</li>
<li>買う 【かう】 - to buy</li>
<li>売る 【うる】 - to sell</li>
<li>切る 【きる】 - to cut</li>
<li>入る 【はいる】 - to enter</li>
<li>出る 【でる】 - to come out</li>
<li>持つ 【もつ】 - to hold</li>
<li>待つ 【まつ】 - to wait</li>
<li>書く【かく】 - to write</li>
<li>読む 【よむ】 - to read</li>
<li>歩く 【あるく】 - to walk</li>
<li>走る 【はしる】 - to run</li>
<li>遊ぶ 【あそぶ】 - to play</li>
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<h2 id="part2">Practice with Negative Verb Conjugations</h2>
We learned how to classify the following verbs in the <a href="verbs_ex.html#part2">previous practice exercise.</a> Now,
we are going to put that knowledge to use by conjugating the same verbs into the negative tense depending on which type of verb it is.
The first answer has been given as an example.

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		<td class="answerline">行かない</td>
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		<td>出る</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">出ない</span></td>
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		<td>する</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">しない</span></td>	</tr>
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		<td>買う</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">買わない</span></td>	</tr>
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		<td>売る</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">売らない</span></td>	</tr>
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		<td>食べる</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">食べない</span></td>	</tr>
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		<td>入る</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">入らない</span></td>
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		<td>来る</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">こない</span></td>
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		<td>飲む</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">飲まない</span></td>
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		<td>しゃべる</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">しゃべらない</span></td>
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		<td>見る</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">見ない</span></td>
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		<td>切る</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">切らない</span></td>
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		<td>帰る</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">帰らない</span></td>
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		<td>書く</td>
		<td class="answerline"><span class="hide">書かない</span></td>
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